For your attention, the second part of the article about the players of Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas", which played in the UPL in the 2022/23 season. We remember football players who contributed to the development and progress of the team.
Midfielder Yevhen Banada, 31 years old – 18 matches.
The experienced Banada became the tenth newcomer of Kryvbas before debuting in the UPL in the summer of 2022. In the first and, as it turned out later, his last season in Kryvyi Rih, the defender played 18 matches. Not much compared to other rookies due to missing some time (first and second rounds) due to injury.
Banada did not manage to score his first goal for "Kryvbas" in official matches, but scored in friendlies. In June, Banada's contract with the Red and Whites came to an end, after which he moved to the UPL newcomer LNZ.
Midfielder Rifet Kapich, 28 years old – 23 matches/6 goals, 2 assists.
On October 7, 2022, Football Ukraine learned that the Bosnian midfielder Kapic, who played for Vernidub in Sherif, became a Kryvbas player. From the very first matches for the red-white team, fans and specialists remembered this football player. Kapić led the game, he passed sharply, was not afraid to finish and scored important goals, which helped the people of Kryvyi Rih fight to the last for a place in the European Cups.
He scored the winning goals against "Vorskla", "Zori" and "Rukh". And how sad the fans were when they learned that the team's best football player this season was leaving Kryvbas. His contract was purchased by the Latvian champion "Valmiera" this summer. But Kapich could not stay in Latvia for a long time. Within a month, he transferred to the Polish "Lechia".
Goalkeeper Bohdan Sarnavskyi, 28 years old – 36 matches/-38 goals.
In June 2021, Sarnavskyi became one of the star newcomers of "Kryvbas" before the start of the First League. Bohdan immediately became the number one of the updated team. In just two years in Kryvyi Rih, he played half of the 36 official matches "to zero". In many matches, he led the red and white team to the field with the captain's armband.
With the beginning of the Orc war against Ukraine, he played on loan for the Israeli "Hapoel" Tel Aviv. In the summer of 2022, he returned to Ukraine already to Yuriy Vernydub's team. Kryvbas started in the UPL in the main team, but after a mistake in the 2nd round in the match with Shakhtar - 0:1, he sat on the bench for two matches, after which he returned to the starting XI until the end of the year.
With the beginning of the second part of the season, Andriy Klischuk won the competition from Sarnavskyi and became the new number one of the team. Having lost his place in the base, Bohdan left Kryvyi Rih in the summer of this year after the agreement expired. Currently, he is the main goalkeeper of Lehia, which plays in the First League (similar to our First League) and is fighting for a return to the elite.
Yevhen Opanasenko, 33 years old - 7 matches.
The experienced defender moved to Kryvbas last summer. Yuriy Vernydub knew all the good qualities of the player from his work at Zora, so he invited Yevgeny to the red and white team. But, unfortunately, Opanasenko had very little game practice in Kryvbas. A total of 7 matches and 234 minutes per game year. Only in one match did he play all 90 minutes.
In June 2023, the agreement with the ex-player of the youth national team of Ukraine ended and "Kryvbas" released the footballer as a free agent. He currently defends the colors of the first league "Poltava", which is fighting for promotion. He is a football player of the main team.
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